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Font format

The font format controls the basic look and feel of document text. It includes the following options:


A font (or a typeface) is a set of glyphs that share common design features, such as the width of the thick and thin strokes that compose the characters and the presence or absence of serifs.

Below are examples of fonts:



Font sizes are specified in points (1 pt = 1/72 inch):

Font sizes

Font sizes can include half a point. For example: 8.5, or 12.5

Font color

Document text can be displayed in various colors:

Font colors

The "Auto" font color is printed as black on paper. On screen it also shows as black in most cases. But the "Auto" font color might show as a different color depending on the Display properties of Windows and the current color scheme of Atlantis.


Highlight adds a background color to a text fragment:

Highlight text

Underline style & color

Atlantis can display lines of various shapes, thickness, and color below the text:


When the "Auto" underline color is selected, the actual color of the underline matches the font color of the text. For example, if the text is formatted with the blue font color, the underline will be blue, too.


Bold makes a text become darker and a little bigger:



Italic texts normally slant slightly to the right:



When a character is formatted with "strikeout", Atlantis draws a horizontal line through this character:


Double strikeout

Same as "strikeout" but a double line is drawn:

Double strikeout


Characters formatted with "superscript", display as an upper index of mathematical formulas:



Characters formatted with "subscript", display as a lower index of mathematical or chemical formulas:


Small caps

A lowercase letter formatted with "small caps", displays as a capital letter of a reduced size:

Small caps

Small caps formatting doesn't affect numbers, punctuation, nonalphabetic characters, or uppercase letters.

All caps

A letter formatted with "all caps", always displays in uppercase.


Adds a shadow to a character:

Font shadow


When a character is formatted with "outline", Atlantis displays the inner and outer borders of this character:

Outlined font


When a character is formatted with "emboss", Atlantis displays it as if it is raised off the page in relief:

Embossed font


When a character is formatted with "engrave", Atlantis displays it as if it is imprinted or pressed into the page:

Engraved font


Stretches or compresses text horizontally:

Font scale


Decreases or increases intercharacter spacing:

Character spacing


Displays text with a vertical offset:

Vertical location


Some fonts contain information about pairs of characters which could be placed more tightly or spaced more evenly within a paragraph line to produce more even and natural appearance of text.

A minimal font size of characters to apply kerning to is specified. As a rule, kerning is used for larger font sizes.